The GEN Summit 2016[1] is set to start tomorrow in Vienna, Austria on 15-17 June 2016and will gather over 600 editors-in-chief and media experts from around the world. The theme this year is "The Rise of Platform-Driven News".

With over 80 speakers from organisations such as CNN, Twitter, The Wall Street Journal, the BBC, Blendle, La Presse, NBC News, Mic, and many more[2], the GEN Summit 2016 brings together the most innovative minds in media today.

Themes tackled at the GEN Summit this year include virtual reality, newsgaming, robot journalism, ad blocker solutions, and take place through thought-provoking sessions[9] identifying real media solutions.